THE magical words and musical rhythm of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood are set to reverberate in Somerset this month.

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School is making a welcome return to Dulverton Town Hall on Saturday June 10 with the Under Milk Wood which has been described as ‘a play for voices’.

Set in the fictitious fishing village of Llareggub, the play offers a twenty four hour peek into the lives and loves of the likes of its inhabitants .

Under Milk Wood has continued to enthral its audiences since its debut in 1954 with Richard Burton as the narrator.

With its canvas of nonsense gossip, feuds, affairs, fights, frauds and practical jokes, the play pulses with the vitality and relish of real life characters reliving their dreams and desires.

They include Mrs Ogmore- Pritchard, relentlessly nagging her two dead husbands; Captain Cat, reliving his seafaring times; the two Mrs Dai Breads; Organ Morgan, obsessed with his music; and Polly Garter, pining for her dead lover. Later, the town awakens and, aware now of how their feelings affect whatever they do, we watch them go about their daily business.

‘We are not wholly bad or good, who live our lives under Milk Wood.’ ‘Dylan Thomas’s beautiful, bawdy, affectionate, reckless and deeply original play was justly crowned at its first performance by a storm of cheers,’ wrote The Times on Under Milk Wood’s stage debut.

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, one the most successful and well-respected drama schools in the UK, attracts the very best in young acting talent, guaranteeing you an experience of the highest quality.

Tickets cost £10, for adults and £7 for students in full time education.

These are available either from Dulverton Post Office or you should contact Jan Ross - 01398 323818, janaross2003@yahoo.

co.uk.

The show has been organised by Dulverton Development Forum, bringing quality live performances to Exmoor.

The performance by the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School starts at 7.30pm.